Monday, September 05, 2011

Ten "memoirs" that read like scifi and fantasy

At io9, Esther Inglis-Arkell came up with ten real life "memoirs" that read like scifi and fantasy stories.

One title on the list:
Communion, by Whitley Strieber

This memoir by famous science fiction author Whitley Strieber (later made into a movie with Christopher Walken) is about how Strieber was kidnapped and - yes - anally probed by aliens as a child. As an adult, he has to deal with the fearful memories these experiences evoke, and puzzle out whether he was abducted by two different groups of aliens with different goals. Plus, it's possible they're back now for his son. To this day Strieber insists that Communion is a memoir, despite the fact that it reads exactly like one of his science fiction novels.
Read about another book on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue